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The Arts District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Urban Honolulu

Tract 15003005000 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 3,780 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.3/10 for census tract 15003005000 reflects conditions in The Arts District in Urban Honolulu, Hawaii. It lands near the 50th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,575 a month against an average household income of $65,579 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 29% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,500
Renter share56.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$65,579

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 16 tracts In The Arts District
Moderate
Within parent city
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 132 tracts In Urban Honolulu
Elevated
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#67 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#90 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Urban Honolulu and the region

Centroid at 21.3217, -157.8550 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Arts District scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Urban Honolulu
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,575 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Urban Honolulu
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Urban Honolulu
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Urban Honolulu
6.6

How The Arts District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
The Arts District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 005000Urban Honolulu: 5.35.3Urban Honoluluparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within The Arts District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in The Arts District

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Urban Honolulu eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Honolulu County average of 5.1 and in line with the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Asian and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003005000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003005000?

Census tract 15003005000 in the The Arts District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 15003005000?

Median gross rent is $1,575/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003005000?

9.8% of residents in tract 15003005000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,780.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003005000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 91th, minority 91th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 15003005000 considered part of The Arts District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003005000 fall within The Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003005000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003005000 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003005000 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Urban Honolulu at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Urban Honolulu eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Urban Honolulu

Top eight tracts in Urban Honolulu ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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